History and Heritage of German Coastal Engineering

Niemeyer, Hanz D.; Eiben, Hartmut; Rohde, Hans

doi:10.1061/9780784401965.005

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“…In the gauge records (Figure 1), the 1872 storm stands out as a singularity, and there are large differences in the estimates of the return period. Estimates of the return period on the German Baltic coast range from 180-200 years [38], 1000-2500 years [15], up to 3400-10,000 years [39]. In Sweden, the return period was estimated to 7000 years using a generalized extreme value (GEV) model based on 100 years of water level observations [33].…”

Section: Physical Description Of the 1872 Stormmentioning

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A Comparative Study of the Effects of the 1872 Storm and Coastal Flood Risk Management in Denmark, Germany, and Sweden

Hallin

Hofstede

Martinez

et al. 2021

Water

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From November 12th to 13th in 1872, an extreme coastal flood event occurred in the south Baltic Sea. An unusual combination of winds created a storm surge reaching up to 3.5 m above mean sea level, which is more than a meter higher than all other observations over the past 200 years. On the Danish, German, and Swedish coasts, about 300 people lost their lives. The consequences of the storm in Denmark and Germany were more severe than in Sweden, with significantly larger destruction and higher numbers of casualties. In Denmark and Germany, the 1872 storm has been more extensively documented and remembered and still influences local and regional risk awareness. A comparative study indicates that the collective memory of the 1872 storm is related to the background knowledge about floods, the damage extent, and the response to the storm. Flood marks and dikes help to remember the events. In general, coastal flood defence is to the largest degree implemented in the affected areas in Germany, followed by Denmark, and is almost absent in Sweden, corresponding to the extent of the collective memory of the 1872 storm. Within the affected countries, there is local variability of flood risk awareness associated with the collective memory of the storm. Also, the economic dependency on flood-prone areas and conflicting interests with the tourism industry have influence on flood protection decisions. The processes of climate change adaptation and implementation of the EU Floods Directive are slowly removing these differences in flood risk management approaches.

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Section: Physical Description Of the 1872 Stormmentioning

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A Comparative Study of the Effects of the 1872 Storm and Coastal Flood Risk Management in Denmark, Germany, and Sweden

Hallin

Hofstede

Martinez

et al. 2021

Water

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“…As the profiles of the dykes became more optimised to dissipate wave energy, the falling edges of the dykes became less steep and the base lines broadened. Today, the base line width of main dykes easily amounts to up to 100 m (Niemeyer et al, 1996). case-by-case basis whether or not an EIA has to be carried out for the specific project.…”

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Conflicts over coastal protection in a National Park: Mediation and negotiated law making

Striegnitz

2006

Land Use Policy

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“…Ever since, keeping dikes in order was a challenge, and keeping the dangers of storm surges at bay was an important community task, the activity of which can nowadays partly be reconstructed by studying costs to repair dikes in historical times (de Kraker 1999). A more modern account of the history of managing the risk of storm surges along the North Sea coast is provided by Niemeyer et al (1995).…”

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“…One fragmentation is due to the different disciplines involved, chiefly, coastal engineering (e.g., Niemeyer et al 1995) and oceanography. The other is related to the relatively small scale of storm surges, so that the problem is perceived as a regional problem, and scientific insights and methods developed for one part in the world do not necessarily find their way into other parts affected by storm surges.…”

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Storm surges: perspectives and options

Storch

Woth²

2008

Sustain Sci

105

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This review paper attempts to summarize the scattered and fragmented knowledge about past and possible future changing storm-surge statistics using the particularly well-studied case of the North Sea as an example. For this region, a complete and robust analysis methodology has been developed in recent years. This methodology is based on dynamical and statistical models. Using the concept of dynamical downscaling, development during recent decades, when sufficiently good and homogeneous weather data exist, has been "reconstructed,'' and scenarios of possible future change are described. "Localization'' allows estimation of changes at specific sites, e. g., harbors. As local water-level statistics depend not only on climate variations but also on local modifications of the local bathymetry, new options for adaptation emerge. For the case of Hamburg, an option for such future adaptations is discussed

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History and Heritage of German Coastal Engineering

Cited by 14 publications

References 8 publications

A Comparative Study of the Effects of the 1872 Storm and Coastal Flood Risk Management in Denmark, Germany, and Sweden

A Comparative Study of the Effects of the 1872 Storm and Coastal Flood Risk Management in Denmark, Germany, and Sweden

Conflicts over coastal protection in a National Park: Mediation and negotiated law making

Storm surges: perspectives and options

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